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While far from an alliance, the SCO is increasingly utilized for managing Eurasian affairs without traditional Western mechanisms and organizations.
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Libya’s competing domestic actors are being exploited by foreign powers seeking to downplay their role in the fragile country.
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The West seems more fixated on spending social wealth on the military rather than addressing the climate catastrophe.
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As the U.S. and the G7 deny the negative effect of sanctions against Russia, they damage the world’s capability of avoiding a global food disaster.
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We don’t face multiple separate crises. The system itself is the crisis and must be overcome, replaced and transformed.
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Since the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan last August and Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February, the White House has been desperate to showcase U.S. strength on the world stage. But the Biden administration has struggled to rally traditional Middle Eastern allies against Russia, raising questions over U.S. influence in the region.
Continue readingWhy Xinjiang Has Been a Touchy Subject in China for Centuries
China’s increasing security measures in Xinjiang reflect its historical territorial vulnerability and concerns over internal stability. Balancing these with its international ambitions and foreign relations will be no easy feat.
Continue readingPegasus and the Threat of Cyberweapons in the Age of Smartphones
Spyware like Pegasus is dangerous not only because it gives hackers complete control over an infected phone, but also because it introduces the skills and knowledge of nation-states into the civilian sphere.
Continue readingU.S.-Russia Ties Warming Up. Is It for Real?
Moscow’s anti-U.S. rhetoric has suddenly been toned down, signaling a potential change in attitude and direction.
Continue readingThe U.S. Wants to Play Powerbroker in a Fight Over the Nile River, but a Bigger Threat Looms
What is at stake in the negotiations between Egypt and Ethiopia over the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam and what has been the response of the U.S.
Continue readingWhy It’s So Hard for Most Countries to Be Economically Independent From the West—Look No Further Than Brazil
Why is it so difficult even for huge countries with large, diversified economies to maintain independence from the West? If anyone could have done it, it was Brazil. In the 19th century it was imagined that Brazil could be a Colossus of the South to match the U.S., the Colossus of the North. It never panned out that way.
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